Johanna Burton, director and curator of education and public engagement at the New Museum, New York. Photo: Benoit Pailley, courtesy the New Museum.

2. Johanna Burton, New Museum, New York
Before joining the New Museum as director and curator of education and public engagement in January 2013, Burton was the graduate program director at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

5. Federica Chiocchetti, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
As a woman wearing many hats, Chiocchetti serves as a photography critic and editor, as well as the founder and director of Photocaptionist, an online platform exploring the overlap of photography and literature.

Cornell’s latest initiative is Open Score, and annual art and technology conference co-presented by the museum and Rhizome, which held its first sold-out session in January.

Astrid de Maismont.Photo: courtesy Gertrude.

7. Astrid de Maismont, Gertrude and ArtList, New York
Proving that the role of curator is constantly in flux, de Maismont curates Gertrude Stein-inspired “salons,” which act as sophisticated events which blur the lines between social and educational spheres.

The salon series takes its name from writer, art collector, and social connector Gertrude Stein. De Maismont’s upcoming salons include an evening discovering the work of recent Hunter College MFA grad Roman Cochet at a secret location in Lower Manhattan.

Hunt curated the museum’s current exhibition, “A Constellation,” on view through March 6, which pairs the work of eight important 20th-century artists of African descent with that of 18 emerging artists.

12. Piper Marshall, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
After running the Three’s Company gallery with current ICA Miami curator Alex Gartenfeld out of his New York apartment, Marshall spent six years at the Swiss Institute before being tapped by Boone in 2014 to curate monographic exhibitions.

Marshall’s partnership with the gallery has been so fruitful that the initial six-show term of her engagement with the gallery has been extended. By the end of the season, Marshall will have organized no less than 12 shows for Boone, including the upcoming “You the Better,” featuring a 1983 film by Ericka Beckman, and a summer group show featuring four female artists.

Ceci Moss.Photo: Suzy Poling, courtesy Ceci Moss.

13. Ceci Moss, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
After serving as the senior editor for New York’s art and technology nonprofit Rhizome, Moss is now the assistant visual arts curator at the YBCA.

Currently, her exhibition “Metahaven: The Sprawl,” from Amsterdam-based design studio Metahaven, explores the dissemination of propaganda in the social media age. Next on tap, Moss has a Samara Golden show opening in March.

When she was the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ross organized “Nir Evron: Projected Claims,” the first museum exhibition for the Israeli artist. The show, which debuted at the Philbrook in 2015, just completed its run at the ICA, in the museum’s temporary on-campus gallery space.